New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-13

cannot be directed to that problem.
Assemblyman Laughlin's bill to remove all
water meters throughout tho city Is thought by
many to be in tho interest Of Maurice B. Flynn.
Flynn ana Rollin NJ. Squire. when the latter was
Commissioner of Public Works, favored removing
tho meters and replacing them with another
water-saving appliance In which both were In
terested. Flynn thinks Laughlin's bill is good
ono and should pass at once. II 1t should be-
come O law. what will be done with the 10000
water meters for which the city paid John Baird
to whom jose F. Navarro assigned his claim, tho
large sum Of over $l.4oo,oOop
At present France and Germany seem to DO tho
belicose parties. 1t would be funny it, after all.
there were war In Europe without Rusaas
having o hand in it.
Jacob Miller has been cast into prison at At
lants. And whya Well, Jacob claimed that he
had been robbed Of sgt 900. "but upon an inves-
tigation Of his person the money was found under
his clothing" Atlanta argues that Jacob is o
swindler, but may he not be merely suffering
from an acute attack of memory as bad as Jacob
Sharp'sp Perhaps in an inadvertent moment he
drank some Of Sharps celebrated tactical ah to
foryetfulness 1t stands Atlanta in hand to 60
slow-she may DO treating Jacob with cruel in
Justice.
A Texas rcformcr with universal views has
started o paper with the modest title Of "The
Cosmos 1t treats Of almost everything. and
there are only two small Quarto pages Of 10. Yet
the benightcd Texans do not support 1t literally.
% Is shown by the ediators frank and Ingenious
statement that six subscribers and two copies
sold Of the last issue Of this paper is not atterng
TO the editor This Is evidently q truly good
editor. for otherwise he would have said that tho
general Indifference to the merits Of "Ihe Cosmos"
WINS not hsttering to tho public. What per-
plexes us, however. is that with so just view
Of the Importance Of his publication he should
nevertheless continue ID.
"Mercly rs o matter OF news" you know, "The
World notes that Governor Hill Is growing In
popularity In his own State" Merely rs a NAB
ter OF ncws-or OF something else "Tfp World is
losing few opportunities these days OF attempting
to render life joyless thing to Grover Cleveland.
Tho steamer Wells City, sunk In the river the
other day by collision and m ice foe, Is re-
ported u have had Ave water-tight compartments
As she went down In fifteen minutes II appears
that the fotation capacity OF each compartment
was three minutes. Perhaps however, none OF
the bulkheads were closed. Tint seems to be the
usual condition OF things in compartment vessels.
and IL raises tho by means new question.
whether on the whole alleged water-tight COM
partments arc mob mockery, q deluson and Il
snare.
"Ihc Chicago Herald prints an interesting
and realistic account OF a railway train being
delayed two hours by the presence OF fish In a
water tank The glalsomc summer season with
its wealth OF fairy tales would seem 10 have
OPENED earlier than usual this year In the truth
full West.
We ree,rct to chronicle the untimely death Of
"The Ccntrevcw No.. Mugwump" 1t suffered
several months from financial angmia, and when
at last the box Office rcceipts dwindled down to
no dollars and few cents 1t ring tho curtain
down with the following little speech:
ia said that the good and beautiful die young, hence
there need be no surprise when is told that this will 10
the last OF The M.0cup-but its spirit may sur
Nye, appearing as "a shining hght
The exchange editors OF the country will I'm
doubtedly miss this squcalSy little voice that
wont 10 cry in the wilderness OF "pore old Miz-
zoura." Peace to the ashes Of "1he Ccntrevicw
Mugwump"
Why doesn't organized labor put few Of its
reckless leaders In "A strait Jacket?
Once more the weather has come 10 the relief
Of tho Street Department. The State OF the streets
when left 10 the OF the department is
chemically disgraccful. and but for occasional
blizzard which dries them up the proverbial and
by 10 means crcditabc patience OF tho New-iorS
public would be imposed upon even more than 1t
is, and that Is n strong statement.
We arc panied 10 observe that an attempt Is
now being made by some OF our content orarics
10 food the soul Of the hotel clerk Of the period
with envy by reproducing an item from foreign
newspaper containing the information that "the
most magnificent sapphire in the world Is the
property OF q noble Russian family What is
the sense OF nccdlcssly causing fellow creature
unhappinossp The item should be suppressed.
correspondent wants TO know what capi
talist is anyway. Well. in this country CAPT
taIist is generally woriingman who has learned
how to live less tran he earns
aThc Buffalo Courier prints on its editorial
pege an essay entitled allow To Drink Water"
The fact that "1he Courier is Democratic
newspaper from way back clothes the publication
with mystery. The explanation probably is that
some OF the members Of the Erie County De-
mocracy intend to remove to Prohibition State
proved method Of imbibing a liquid with which
heretofore they have had only bathing acquaint-
ance.
II isn't n good day for mares nests when an
enterprising Democratic newspaper cannot find two
or three in our late Senatorial contest. Next
PERSONAL.
MI. R1,nn says that his fathers nrm wa. that OF